As she flew into a Red Sea beach resort for a two-week break with her Egyptian husband Omar, Laura was arrested and has since been held for a month in a 15ft-by 15ft-cell with 25 other women.

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At the airport, shop worker Laura from Hull was reportedly held for five hours – without an interpreter – and was made to sign a 38-page statement in Arabic which she thought would mean she would be allowed to leave.

She had flown to Hurghada airport on October 9 to visit her husband, who she jets out to see four times a year.